Nancy gets a new Mexican bodyguard, Ignacio. He is portrayed to be smarter than Sucio, he knows English and has a dark sense of humor. Ignacio jokes to Nancy that he would kill a man and watch TV with her afterward. After tasering Andy, Ignacio sees Andy working out in ridiculous workout attire and comments that he looks like Jamie Lee Curtis. Nancy laughs and Andy is insulted.
Ignacio tasers a cop who has been spying on Nancy and while trying to put him in the bathtub asks for Nancy's help. Nancy, urging that she should be in a calm and friendly environment due to her pregnancy, tasers Ignacio and ties both the men to her bed post.
Ignacio is an interesting example of a Mexican portrayed in Weeds. He is on the white characters' level, because he can speak English and has a position of power above Nancy's friend Andy. Ignacio, Cesar and Esteban Reyes are the few English-speaking Mexican characters that have been shown to have power over some of the white characters in the series. Interestingly, they are all often shown being either outsmarted, or in some way depending on Nancy. These three characters are taken seriously by a white audience, as opposed to Sucio.
No comments:
Post a Comment